LAND O' LAKES - In the past, charter schools in Pasco County were created when outside groups interested in starting the schools came before the Pasco County School Board to negotiate a contract. ...more

September 3, 2008

A high school under construction in Holiday now has a name. The Pasco County School Board voted Tuesday to name the school Anclote High, citing its proximity to the Anclote River. The school, being built next to Smith Middle on Sweetbriar Drive, is scheduled to open in August 2009. The school district solicited suggestions from the community and received dozens of ideas. Among ...more

September 2, 2008

LAND O' LAKES - Joanne Hurley was elected Tuesday to the District 2 seat on the Pasco County School Board, defeating her two opponents by a wide margin. ...more

August 27, 2008

Fraternal Order of Police Endorses Candidates The Fraternal Order of Police Pasco Sheriff's Lodge 29 endorses Republican Robert J. Sullivan and Democrat Kim Bogart for sheriff of Pasco County in the Aug. 26 primary. ...more

August 20, 2008

LAND O' LAKES - They all have lengthy resumes filled with professional accomplishments and community involvement. ...more

August 10, 2008

Three candidates for the Pasco County School Board covered such topics as teacher pay, student safety and relations with the county commission as they squared off at a candidate forum. ...more

August 7, 2008

Pasco County School Board District 2 candidates for 2008 are profiled. ...more

August 1, 2008

LAND O' LAKES - The Pasco County School Board has given tentative approval to a $1.2 billion budget for 2008-09, a spending plan for schools that represents a drop of more than 7 percent from the current fiscal year. ...more

July 31, 2008

LAND O' LAKES - Moon Lake Elementary is about to get a new principal for the second time in less than five months. ...more

July 31, 2008

By RONNIE BLAIR The Tampa Tribune LAND O' LAKES Moon Lake Elementary is about to get a new principal for the second time in less than five months. Cara Allen, principal at Giella Elementary, will transfer Aug. 10 to take over the leadership role at Moon Lake. The Pasco County School Board approved Allen's appointment Tuesday evening. She succeeds Susan Barcellino, who came to Pasco County from Collier County in March to take the Moon Lake principal job. Barcellino has resigned because she is moving back to Collier County to resume working for the school district there. The district has not yet chosen a new principal for Giella Elementary. Allen is a veteran educator and administrator. She began her career in 1984 as a teacher in Hernando County, according to a school district memorandum. In 1994, she was hired as an assistant principal at Gulfside Elementary and later also served as an assistant principal at Sand Pine Elementary. She became principal at Giella Elementary in 2001. Allen holds a bachelor's degree in elementary education from Fairleigh Dickinson University in New Jersey and a master's degree in education from Lehigh University in Pennsylvania. ...more

July 30, 2008